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The Tilnar Cycle Challenge, set up by Essex cycling enthusiast and owner of Fair Trade supplier, Tilnar Art, Tom Hawes, is now entering its second year having had a very successful launch in 2015.

The first annual Tilnar Cycle Challenge took place on 20th June, 2015 and was an outstanding success with over £10,000 being raised for charities across the UK through entry donations and personal sponsorship. The Challenge inspired people around the country and across the world to get on their bikes and see how far they could cycle in a day.

The premise of the challenge was to inspire people to see how far they could cycle in one day between 6am and 9pm for charity.

The Tilnar Cycle Challenge raised money directly for Cancer Research UK and Porridge and Rice, who support children in the slums of Nairobi, by donating £9 of every £12.95 entry fee to the charity selected by the entrant.

The challengers also had the opportunity to raise sponsorship for their own favourite charity. The Challenge was a great success in its first year event especially considering that it was only launched in March 2015 and received no national media coverage.

It had hundreds of entries and generated thousands of pounds for charities across the country in sponsorship. The Tilnar Cycle Challenge inspired riders to cycle further than they had every cycled before and the stories received from many of the 2015 challengers are truly inspirational.

One of the challengers, Kevin George, cycled over 100 miles in attempting to cycle from Great Ormond Street to Newport whilst raising funds for Great Ormond Street Hospital. The furthest distance ridden by a lady challenger was 150 miles (70 miles further than she had ever cycled before).

The Tilnar Cycle Challenge inspired riders to enter across the world and challengers even took part in Switzerland and Zimbabwe. TILNAR stands for This Is Life Not A Rehearsal and Tom thinks that everyone should live life to the full and challenge themselves to take on challenges like the Tilnar Cycle Challenge.

Tom was thrilled with the success of the event in its first year and said: “After the huge success of the first Tilnar Cycle Challenge and the inspirational stories and positive feedback we have received, we are sure the challenge is going to keep growing into an inspiring sporting event that will raise tens of thousands for charity over the coming years.”

Tom, himself was inspired to ride 150 miles on the day and it even inspired his three and five year old daughters to cycle two and seven miles respectively and like all the other challengers everyone is determined to cycle further next year. To find out more visit www.tilnarcyclechallenge.org.

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